HyperWorks
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Learn the basics and discover the workspace.
Tutorials
Learn more about the Altair HyperWorks suite of products with interactive tutorials.
Start and configure the applications.
View a list of deprecated panels and their newer, equivalent workflows.
Manage Files and Data
Create, open, import, and save models.
Set up sessions and create report templates.
Solver interfaces supported in HyperMesh.
A solver interface is made up of a template and a FE-input reader.
Browsers provide a structured view of model data, which you can use to review, modify, create, and manage the contents of a model. In addition to visualization, browsers offer features like search, filtering, and sorting, which enhance your ability to navigate and interact with the model data.
Create and edit 2D parametric sketch geometry.
Create, edit, and cleanup geometry.
FE geometry is topology on top of mesh, meaning CAD and mesh exist as a single entity. The purpose of FE geometry is to add vertices, edges, surfaces, and solids on FE models which have no CAD geometry.
Explore the different types of mesh you can create in HyperMesh and create and edit 0D, 1D, 2D, and 3D elements.
Create, organize and manage parts and subsystems.
HyperMesh composites modeling.
Create connections between parts of your model.
Rapidly change the shape of the FE mesh without severely sacrificing the mesh quality.
Create a reduced ordered model to facilitate optimization at the concept phase.
Workflow to support topology optimization model build and setup.
Setup an Optimization in HyperMesh.
Multi-disciplinary design exploration and optimization tools.
Validate the model built before running solver analysis.
Models require loads and boundary conditions in order to represent the various physics and/or physical equivalents to bench and in-use testing.
Reduce a full 3D model with axisymmetric surfaces while accounting for imperfections.
Tools and workflows that are dedicated to rapidly creating new parts for specific use cases, or amending existing parts. The current capabilities are focused on stiffening parts.
Tools used for crash and safety analysis.
Use airbag folder utilities and export a resulting airbag in a Radioss deck.
Essential utility tools developed using HyperMesh-Tcl.
Import an aeroelastic finite element model with Nastran Bulk Data format.
Framework to plug certification methods to assess margin of safety from the model and result information.
Create and evaluate evaluation lines and optimize interfaces to eliminate squeak and rattle issues.
Use PhysicsAI to build fast predictive models from CAE data. PhysicsAI can be trained on data with any physics or remeshing and without design variables.
Results data can be post-processed using both HyperMesh and HyperView.
HyperGraph is a data analysis and plotting tool with interfaces to many file formats.
MotionView is a general pre-processor for Multibody Dynamics.
MediaView plays video files, displays static images, tracks objects, and measures distances.
Use TableView to create an Excel-like spreadsheet.
TextView math scripts reference vector data from HyperGraph windows to automate data processing and data summary.
Create, define, and export reports.
Explore, organize and manage your personal data, collaborate in teams, and connect to other data sources, such as corporate PLM systems to access CAD data or publish simulation data.

HyperMesh

Finite element modeling

HyperView

Results visualization

HyperGraph

Plotting and data analysis

MotionView

Multi-body modeling

MediaView

Video and image editing

TableView

Spreadsheet capabilities

TextView

Math script processing

General

Startup Procedures and Customizations

Start HyperWorks and configure the applications.

Tool Finder

View a list of deprecated HyperWorks panels and their newer, equivalent workflows.

Manage Files and Data

Create, open, import, and save models.

Sessions and Report Templates

Set up sessions and create report templates.

Interface with External Products

Solver interfaces supported in HyperWorks.

Publishing and Reporting

Create and export Document and Presentation reports with one click and also define your own report structure.

Collaboration Tools

Explore, organize and manage your personal data, collaborate in teams, and connect to other data sources, such as corporate PLM systems to access CAD data or publish simulation data.

HyperMesh - Finite element analysis

Entities and Solver Interfaces

A solver interface is made up of a template and a FE-input reader.

Browsers

Browsers provide a structured view of model data, which you can use to review, modify, create, and manage the contents of a model.

Sketching

Create and edit 2D parametric sketch geometry.

Topology

Create, edit, and cleanup topology.

FE Geometry

FE geometry is topology on top of mesh, meaning CAD and mesh exist as a single entity. The purpose of FE geometry is to add vertices, edges, surfaces, and solids on FE models which have no CAD geometry.

Meshing and Elements

Explore the different types of mesh you can create in HyperWorks and create and edit 0D, 1D, 2D, and 3D elements.

Model Build and Assembly

Create, organize and manage parts and subsystems.

Composites

HyperMesh composites modeling.

Connectors

Create connections between parts of your model.

Morph

Rapidly change the shape of the FE mesh without severely sacrificing the mesh quality.

Skeleton Modeling

Create a reduced ordered model to facilitate optimization at the concept phase.

Design Space

Workflow to support topology optimization model build and setup.

Optimization

Design and optimize structures and mechanical systems.

Design Explorer

Multi-disciplinary design exploration and optimization tools.

Results Data

Direct integration of native results readers into HyperMesh allows you to perform results visualization on the model.

Validate

Validate the model built before running solver analysis.

Analyze

Models require loads and boundary conditions in order to represent the various physics and/or physical equivalents to bench and in-use testing.

Axisymmetry

Reduce a full 3D model with axisymmetric surfaces while accounting for imperfections.

Concept Modeling

Tools and workflows that are dedicated to rapidly creating new parts for specific use cases, or amending existing parts. The current capabilities are focused on stiffening parts.

Crash and Safety

Tools used for crash and safety analysis.

Airbag

Use airbag folder utilities and export a resulting airbag in a Radioss deck.

Aerospace

Essential utility tools developed using HyperWorks-Tcl.

Aeroelasticity

Import an aeroelastic finite element model with Nastran Bulk Data format.

Certification

Framework to plug certification methods to assess margin of safety from the model and result information.

Squeak and Rattle Director

Create evaluation lines, evaluate them, and optimize the interfaces to eliminate squeak and rattle issues.

PhysicsAI

Use PhysicsAI to build fast predictive models from CAE data. PhysicsAI can be trained on data with any physics or remeshing and without design variables.

HyperView - Results visualization

Working with Models

Open animation files, measure various distances and angles between entities, and use the Results Browser to view the model structure and find, display, and edit entities.

Animate and Visualize Results

Create section cuts and explore the various result plotting tools.

Create Entities

Create and edit user-defined data type expressions, derived load cases, and systems. You can also plot a forming limit diagram, generate streamlines, track entities during animation, and create and import/export sets of entities.

Query Data

Query entities, create or edit free body diagrams, construct multiple curves and plots from a single result file, and create and plot stress linearization.

Annotate Models

Annotate animation files using notes or trace various entities during animation.

Transform Models

Define planes of symmetry/axisymmetry or explode a model.

Overlay Images/Videos

Select and overlay images or videos in the modeling window for correlation and presentation purposes.

Rendering Models

Select a graphics rendering mode and change the appearance of materials.

Additional Tools for Post-Processing

The Tools menu provides you access to various panels and dialogs.

Profiles

Load preference file profiles to access the various Aerospace tools, NVH utilities, and Vehicle Safety Tools.

Preferences Dialog

From the Preferences dialog, you can access various HyperView display options.

Display/Visualization Options

Explore the various display and visualization tools.

HyperView - MultiCore

A new workflow emphasizing the multicore profile for standard crash post processing use cases.

HyperGraph - Plotting and data analysis

Working with Plots

Learn how to manipulate plot data using the Plot Browser and other user interface tools and options.

Line Chart

From the HyperGraph menu, select Line Chart to display the Line Chart ribbon.

Bar Chart

From the HyperGraph menu, select Bar Chart to display the Bar Chart ribbon.

Complex Chart

From the HyperGraph menu, select Complex Chart to display the Complex Chart ribbon.

Polar Chart

From the HyperGraph menu, select Polar Chart to display the Polar Chart ribbon.

Vector Chart

From the HyperGraph menu, select Polar Chart to display the Vector Plot ribbon.

Radar Chart

From the HyperGraph menu, select Radar Chart to display the Radar Chart ribbon.

3D Chart

From the HyperGraph menu, select 3D Chart to display the 3D Chart ribbon. Manage, review, and analyze waterfall, surface, and 3D line data plots.

MotionView - Multi-body modeling

MotionView Overview

MotionView is a general pre-processor for Multi-body Dynamics.

Model Browser

The Model Browser allows you to view the MotionView model structure while providing display and editing control of entities.

MotionView Ribbons

The MotionView ribbons allows you to quickly access tools and standard functions, and is located along the top of MotionView.

MotionView CAD Interfacing

MotionView supports the importing of several types of CAD and FE formats.

Flexible Bodies

MotionView has many pre-processing and post-processing capabilities with regards to flexible bodies, or flexbodies, for multi-body dynamics models.

Functional Mockup Unit (FMU)

Add an FMU to the model or export a model as an FMU.

Vehicle Modeling

Explore the various vehicle modeling tools.

Tcl/Tk Reference Guide

Reference material for the HyperWorks Desktop scripting interface which is a set of Tcl/Tk commands.

MDL Reference Guide

Reference materials for the MotionView MDL Language, Tire Modeling, and the MDL Library.

MotionSolve Reference Guide

Reference material detailing command statements, model statements, functions and the Subroutine Interface available in MotionSolve.

Templex and Math Reference Guide

Reference material for Templex (a general purpose text and numeric processor) and additional mathematical functions and operators.

MotionView Python Reference Guide

Reference materials for the MotionView Python Language.

MediaView - Video and image editing

User Interface

The user interface provides you with a consistent look and feel when you are working in any of the HyperWorks applications.

Tracing

Trace key points and objects in your video and set up a tracking system on an object in the video.

Format

Apply annotations, headers, and footers to your video.

Compare

Compare video frames or overlay frames with other videos or images to watch them in flips.

TableView - Spreadsheet capabilities

Open Files

Load Excel CSV files into TableView.

Edit

Displays the data contained in the selected TableView cell.

Format

Define value-dependent rules and apply them as attributes within the selected cells.

Overlay

TableView supports overlaying reports for summary tables.

Headers

Shows or hides the table column headers and row numbers.

Refresh

Refreshes the table data.

Math Reference Support

TableView supports cell math references in a Templex expression, like the support of curve math references in HyperGraph.

Table Browser

From TableView, use the Table Browser to view the current session and all pages and windows it contains in a hierarchical display.

Context Sensitive Menus

From within a cell, row number, or column header in TableView, right-click to display the following context menu items.

TextView - Math script processing

Evaluation Mode Control

Evaluation Mode Control turns text editing capabilities on and off.

Text Attributes

From the Text Attributes panel, you can change the text and background colors as well as the font attributes.

Find

Use the Find dialog to locate specific text.

Refresh Text

Updates any text that references data in other windows, reflecting the referenced data's current state.

Text Browser

From TextView, use the Text Browser to view the current session and all pages and windows it contains in a hierarchical display.

TextView Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are available in TextView.